#38D1B8#38D1B8

#38D1B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1B8
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 184)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 12%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -44.88, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 44.89, 178.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1293 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.129 179)
XYZ	xyz(33.0788, 49.8984, 53.2261)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1B8 #D13851

analogous

#38D16C #38D1B8 #389ED1

triadic

#38D1B8 #B838D1 #D1B838

tetradic

#38D1B8 #6C38D1 #D13851 #9ED138

square

#38D1B8 #6C38D1 #D13851 #9ED138

split-complementary

#38D1B8 #D1389E #D16C38

monochromatic

#1B7465 #26A691 #38D1B8 #6ADCCA #9BE8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#38D1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#38D1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1B8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1B8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e0cd',
    500: '#38d1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1b8;
$custom-light: #85e0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.196,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.49902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1B8

secondary

#D4919C

accent

#425DE6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1B8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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